Learning goal 10 - Cultural differences

Question 1

What is a culture?

Answer 1

Culture is the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from another.

Question 2

What are the three levels of uniqueness in mental programming?

Answer 2

• personality
• culture
• human nature

Question 3

What are the steps of intercultural communication?

Answer 3

1. To know your own culture
2. To know the cultural behavior of the other
3. How to deal with the differences?

Question 4

Wat zijn de 6 cultuurdimensies van Hofstede?

Answer 4

• Power distance index
• Individualism vs. collectivism
• Uncertainty avoidance index
• Masculinity vs. femininity
• Long-term orientation vs. short-term orientation
• Indulgence vs. restraint